“The Outsider” - Decades before ‘Flags of our Fathers’ this 1961 film follows Ira Hayes from basic training, to Iwo Jima, and the years following the war. Gain an appreciation of Ira’s demise as survivor’s guilt is thrust into the hero’s spotlight.
Hidden Gem: One of the best accounts of just how happenstance the second flag raising was.
Operation Neptune battle plans on Pawn Stars
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Watching a repaeat of “Pawn Stars” (2011) and some guy brings in a top secret briefing dossier with the attack plans and after battle hot wash for “Operation Neptune” airborne invasion of Normandy.
Since the documents could be used for archival purposes only (they would fade if framed and hung on wall) the shop did not buy them but confirmed that they were authentic. Â :-o
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$15.
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for “Operation Neptune” airborne invasion of Normandy.
Neptune was the naval component of the Normandy invasion, not the airborne one.
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Exactly.
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My bad, either way, still a pretty cool find. The plans on the show had both the airborne and amphibious landings. Just thought you might find it interesting.
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